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Congressional Budget Office Telling Visual Stories About Data Presentation for the: Seminar on Independent Budget Analysis & Transparency A Global Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices Community Meeting Peter Fontaine Assistant Director

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Congressional Budget Office

Telling Visual Stories About Data

Presentation for the: Seminar on Independent Budget Analysis & Transparency A Global Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices Community Meeting

Peter Fontaine Assistant Director for Budget Analysis June 2014

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Know Your Audience

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Members of Congress and Staff

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explanatory exploratory static interactive

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How CBO Communicates

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Reports

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Policy options, spreadsheet

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Chartbooks

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Snapshots

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Presentations

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Before

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After

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Infographics

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Use Best Practices

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Show the Data

Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011

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Show the Data

Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011

0-axis thicker than data line

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Show the Data

Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011

Tick marks probably unnecessary 0-axis thicker than data line

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Show the Data

Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011

Label and %-sign are redundant 0-axis thicker than data line Tick marks probably unnecessary

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Show the Data

Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011

Abbreviations make comprehension difficult 0-axis thicker than data line Tick marks probably unnecessary Label and %-sign are redundant

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Show the Data

Jacob Klerman and Caroline Danielson, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011

Data points are

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bounds 0-axis thicker than data line Tick marks probably unnecessary Label and %-sign are redundant Abbreviations make comprehension difficult

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Implied Impulse Response Functions for Different Caseloads

(Percentage change in caseload)

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10 20 1 2 3 4 5 Years

Adult Only

1 2 3 4 5 Years

No Cash

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10 20 1 2 3 4 5 Years

Welfare Cash Assistance

1 2 3 4 5

Years

SSI Cash Assistance

Show the Data

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Gordon Hanson, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2012

Reduce Clutter

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Reduce Clutter

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Integrate Text and Graphics

Social Security Advisory Board, Aspects of Disability Decision Making: Data and Materials, February 2012

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Integrate Text and Graphics

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Use Appropriate Tools

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Excel Stata SAS Open Office R Tableau JavaScript Google Charts

Standard Tools Newer Tools

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If your tool doesn’t let you create the visualization you want, get a different tool.

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Do the figures in this report illustrate its main points?

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What should the reader learn from the figure?

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Is the figure understandable

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report?

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The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures

  • Ben Shneiderman
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References

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  • 7. CBO, The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024,

www.cbo.gov/publication/45010, February 2014 8-9. CBO, Social Security Policy Options, www.cbo.gov/publication/21547, July 2010

  • 10. CBO, A Premium Support System for Medicare: Analysis of Illustrative Options,

www.cbo.gov/publication/44581, September 2013

  • 11. CBO, The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024,

www.cbo.gov/publication/45010, February 2014

  • 13. CBO, Rising Demand for Long-Term Services and Supports for Elderly People,

www.cbo.gov/publication/44363, June 2013 14-15. CBO, The Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006, www.cbo.gov/publication/44698, November 2013

  • 17. CBO, Snapshot of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

www.cbo.gov/publication/44131, April 2013

  • 18. CBO, Snapshot of Unemployment Benefits,

www.cbo.gov/publication/44096, March 2013

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References, continued

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  • 20. CBO, Federal Health Care Spending: Why Is It Growing? What Could Be Done About It?

www.cbo.gov/publication/44761 , September 2013

  • 21. CBO, Federal Health Care Spending: Why Is It Growing? What Could Be Done About It?

www.cbo.gov/publication/45144, February 2014

  • 22. CBO, The Federal Budget: Outlook and Challenges,

www.cbo.gov/publication/44378, June 2013 24-27. CBO, The U.S. Federal Budget: Infographic, www.cbo.gov/publication/42636, December 2011 28-32. CBO, Federal Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits—Infographic, www.cbo.gov/publication/43935, February 2013

  • 33. CBO, The Long-Term Budget Outlook: Infographic,

www.cbo.gov/publication/43289, June 2012 35-45. Jonathan Schwabish, “An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.28.1.209, Winter 2014